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Queensland
Environmental Protection and
Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2007
Queensland
Environmental Protection and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 2 Amendment of Coastal Protection and Management Act
1995
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Omission of ch 6, pt 3 (Transitional provisions for Beach
Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 3 Amendment of Environmental Protection Act 1994
6 Act amended in pt 3 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 23 (Relationship with other Acts) . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s 73C (Adding, changing or cancelling a
development condition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Insertion of new s 73GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
73GA Registration certificate expires if new operator
registered ............................ 8
10 Replacement of ch 4, pt 3 (Amending registration) . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part 3 Amending registration
Division 1 Grounds for amending registration certificates
73H Amendment to correct error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
73HA Amendment by agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
73HB Amendment to ensure consistency with code of
environmental compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
73HC Amendment for registration of new activity. . . . . . . . . 9
73HD Amendment for removing registration of continuing
chapter 4 activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 2 Amendment of registration certificates
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73HE How a registration certificate is to be amended . . . . . 10
11 Amendment of s 73O (Surrendering a registration certificate) . . . 11
12 Amendment of s 151 (What is a level 1 mining project and a
level 2 mining project). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
13 Amendment of s 154 (General requirements for application). . . . 11
14 Amendment of s 248 (Notice of EIS requirement) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
15 Amendment of s 260A (Additional requirement for transfer
application for code compliant authority if no amendment
application made) ............................... 12
16 Amendment of s 316 (Annual fee and return) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
17 Amendment of s 322 (When environmental audit required) . . . . . 13
18 Amendment of s 338 (Criteria for deciding draft program) . . . . . . 13
19 Amendment of s 346 (Effect of compliance with program). . . . . . 13
20 Amendment of s 358 (When order may be issued) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
21 Amendment of s 430 (Contravention of condition of
environmental authority). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
22 Amendment of s 441 (Offences of contravention of
environmental protection policies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
23 Amendment of s 442 (Offence of releasing prescribed
contaminant) ................................... 15
24 Amendment of s 498 (Notice of defence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
25 Amendment of s 503 (Recovery of costs of investigation) . . . . . . 16
26 Amendment of s 514 (Devolution of powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
27 Amendment of s 520 (Dissatisfied person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
28 Amendment of s 551 (Definitions for pt 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
29 Amendment of s 580 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
30 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 7, div 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Division 4 Provisions inserted under Environmental
Protection and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2007
641A Definition for div 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
641B Non-standard environmental authority taken to be
environmental authority for level 1 mining project . . . 18
641C Standard environmental authority taken to be
environmental authority for level 2 mining project . . . 18
31 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Part 9 Transitional provisions for Environmental
Protection and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2007
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644 References to environmental management programs
or draft programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
32 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
33 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
34 Amendment of s 65 (Effect in change of class of protected area) 21
35 Insertion of new s 88C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
88C Restrictions relating to flying-foxes and flying-fox
roosts ............................... 21
36 Amendment of s 89 (Restriction on taking etc. particular
protected plants). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
37 Amendment of s 90 (Restriction on using particular protected
plants) ........................................ 23
38 Amendment of s 111 (Management plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
39 Amendment of s 124 (Amendment of plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
40 Amendment of s 164 (Indictable and summary offences) . . . . . . 25
41 Insertion of new s 173R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
173R Provision for stock grazing in particular national parks 25
42 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Part 5 Amendment of Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
43 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
44 Amendment of s 45 (How to obtain a group activity permit). . . . . 27
45 Amendment of s 252 (Amendment of Mineral Resources Act
1989) ........................................ 27
46 Replacement of s 253 (Amendment of Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
253 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act 2000 ............................. 27
Part 6 Amendment of Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and
Management Act 1993
47 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
48 Amendment of s 85 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
49 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Schedule Minor and consequential amendments of Environmental
Protection Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2007
A Bill
for
An Act to amend Acts administered by the Minister for
Environment and Multiculturalism
s1 6 s5
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Environmental Protection and 4
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
Sections 4 and 26 commence on a day to be fixed by 7
proclamation. 8
Part 2 Amendment of Coastal 9
Protection and Management 10
Act 1995 11
Clause 3 Act amended in pt 2 12
This part amends the Coastal Protection and Management Act 13
1995. 14
Clause 4 Omission of ch 6, pt 3 (Transitional provisions for Beach 15
Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2003) 16
Chapter 6, part 3-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 5 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 19
Schedule, definition tidal water, paragraph (b), `a 20
regulation'-- 21
s6 7 s8
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omit, insert-- 1
`the Water Act 2000'. 2
Part 3 Amendment of Environmental 3
Protection Act 1994 4
Clause 6 Act amended in pt 3 and schedule 5
This part and the schedule amend the Environmental 6
Protection Act 1994. 7
Clause 7 Amendment of s 23 (Relationship with other Acts) 8
Section 23(2)-- 9
insert-- 10
· Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981'. 11
Clause 8 Amendment of s 73C (Adding, changing or cancelling a 12
development condition) 13
(1) Section 73C(1)-- 14
insert-- 15
`(ga) the approval by the administering authority of-- 16
(i) a transitional environmental program; or 17
(ii) an amendment of the approval of a transitional 18
environmental program; or'. 19
(2) Section 73C(1)(ga) and (h)-- 20
renumber as section 73C(1)(h) and (i). 21
(3) Section 73C-- 22
insert-- 23
`(2A) Also, the administering authority may add, change or cancel a 24
development condition of a development approval if the 25
s9 8 s 10
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registered operator for the development approval has agreed in 1
writing to the addition, change or cancellation.'. 2
(4) Section 73C(2A) to (5)-- 3
renumber as section 73C(3) to (6). 4
(5) Section 73C-- 5
insert-- 6
`(7) Subsection (6) does not apply if the condition has been added, 7
changed, or cancelled under subsection (3).'. 8
Clause 9 Insertion of new s 73GA 9
Chapter 4, part 2-- 10
insert-- 11
`73GA Registration certificate expires if new operator 12
registered 13
`(1) This section applies to a registration certificate (the existing 14
registration certificate) for a continuing chapter 4 activity 15
if-- 16
(a) the registered operator (the existing registered operator) 17
disposes of the operator's business to someone else; and 18
(b) another registration certificate for the activity (the new 19
registration certificate) is given to a person other than 20
the existing registered operator. 21
`(2) Unless it is sooner cancelled, suspended or surrendered, the 22
existing registration certificate expires when the new 23
registration certificate takes effect under section 73G. 24
`(3) This section does not apply if section 73HD applies.'. 25
Clause 10 Replacement of ch 4, pt 3 (Amending registration) 26
Chapter 4, part 3-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
s 10 9 s 10
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`Part 3 Amending registration 1
`Division 1 Grounds for amending registration 2
certificates 3
`73H Amendment to correct error 4
`The administering authority may amend a registration 5
certificate to correct a clerical or formal error if-- 6
(a) the proposed amendment does not adversely affect the 7
interests of the registered operator or anyone else; and 8
(b) written notice of the amendment has been given to the 9
operator. 10
`73HA Amendment by agreement 11
`The administering authority may amend a registration 12
certificate if the registered operator has agreed in writing to 13
the amendment. 14
`73HB Amendment to ensure consistency with code of 15
environmental compliance 16
`The administering authority may amend a registration 17
certificate to ensure the detail on the certificate is consistent 18
with a code of environmental compliance applying to a 19
chapter 4 activity stated in the certificate. 20
`73HC Amendment for registration of new activity 21
`(1) This section applies if-- 22
(a) a registered operator applies for a registration certificate 23
for a new chapter 4 activity; and 24
(b) the administering authority is satisfied-- 25
(i) registration should be granted for the new activity; 26
and 27
s 10 10 s 10
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(ii) the new activity will be carried out, with the 1
activities under an existing registration certificate 2
held by the operator, as a single integrated 3
operation for section 73F. 4
`(2) The administering authority may, instead of giving the 5
operator a registration certificate for the new chapter 4 6
activity, amend the existing registration certificate to include 7
the activity. 8
`73HD Amendment for removing registration of continuing 9
chapter 4 activity 10
`(1) This section applies if-- 11
(a) a continuing chapter 4 activity and another chapter 4 12
activity are stated in a registration certificate (an 13
existing registration certificate); and 14
(b) the registered operator (the existing registered operator) 15
disposes of the operator's business, or part of the 16
business, to someone else; and 17
(c) another registration certificate for the continuing chapter 18
4 activity-- 19
(i) is given to a person other than the existing 20
registered operator; and 21
(ii) has taken effect under section 73G. 22
`(2) The administering authority may amend the existing 23
registration certificate to remove the continuing chapter 4 24
activity. 25
`Division 2 Amendment of registration 26
certificates 27
`73HE How a registration certificate is to be amended 28
`If the administering authority amends a registration 29
certificate under this part, the authority must, within 10 30
business days-- 31
s 11 11 s 13
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(a) record particulars of the amendment in the appropriate 1
register; and 2
(b) give the registered operator a copy of the amended 3
registration certificate.'. 4
Clause 11 Amendment of s 73O (Surrendering a registration 5
certificate) 6
(1) Section 73O(6)(b)(iv), `environmental management 7
program'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`transitional environmental program'. 10
(2) Section 73O-- 11
insert-- 12
`(7) Also, the administering authority may refuse the surrender if 13
the registered operator has been given an annual notice and 14
the notice has not been complied with.'. 15
Clause 12 Amendment of s 151 (What is a level 1 mining project and 16
a level 2 mining project) 17
Section 151(1)(a) and (2)(b)(i), from `that type' to `compliant 18
authority'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`mining activities under that type of authority'. 21
Clause 13 Amendment of s 154 (General requirements for 22
application) 23
Section 154(1)(c)(ii)(A), from `that type' to `compliant 24
authority'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`mining activities under that type of authority'. 27
s 14 12 s 16
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Clause 14 Amendment of s 248 (Notice of EIS requirement) 1
Section 248-- 2
insert-- 3
`(c) for an amendment application for an environmental 4
authority (exploration) or environmental authority 5
(mineral development)--that part 5 applies, with 6
necessary changes, to the application, as if it were an 7
application for that type of environmental authority; and 8
(d) for an amendment application for an environmental 9
authority (mining lease)--that part 6 applies, with 10
necessary changes, to the application, as if it were an 11
application for that type of environmental authority.'. 12
Clause 15 Amendment of s 260A (Additional requirement for 13
transfer application for code compliant authority if no 14
amendment application made) 15
Section 260A(2)(a), from `that type' to `compliant 16
authority'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`mining activities under that type of authority'. 19
Clause 16 Amendment of s 316 (Annual fee and return) 20
(1) Section 316(3)-- 21
insert-- 22
`(ba) that the annual fee payable under the notice must be 23
paid to the authority within a stated reasonable time, of 24
at least 20 business days, after the day the notice is 25
given; and'. 26
(2) Section 316(3)(ba) and (c)-- 27
renumber as section 316(c) and (d). 28
(3) Section 316-- 29
insert-- 30
s 17 13 s 19
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`(6) A failure to give the notice by the time stated in subsection (2) 1
does not invalidate or otherwise affect the validity of the 2
notice.'. 3
Clause 17 Amendment of s 322 (When environmental audit 4
required) 5
Section 322(1)(c)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(c) a person is, or has been, contravening a regulation, an 8
environmental protection policy or a transitional 9
environmental program;'. 10
Clause 18 Amendment of s 338 (Criteria for deciding draft program) 11
Section 338(1)(a)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(a) must comply with any relevant regulatory requirement; 14
and'. 15
Clause 19 Amendment of s 346 (Effect of compliance with program) 16
(1) Section 346(1), `environmental management program'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`transitional environmental program'. 19
(2) Section 346(2)(a) to (c)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(a) a regulation; or 22
(b) an environmental protection policy; or 23
(c) an environmental authority held by the holder; or 24
(d) a development condition of a development approval; or 25
(e) a standard environmental condition of a code of 26
environmental compliance for a chapter 4 activity.'. 27
(3) Section 346(3)(a) to (b)-- 28
s 20 14 s 22
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omit, insert-- 1
`(a) a regulation; or 2
(b) an environmental protection policy; or 3
(c) a condition of an environmental authority held by the 4
holder; or 5
(d) a development condition of a development approval; or 6
(e) a standard environmental condition of a code of 7
environmental compliance for a chapter 4 activity.'. 8
Clause 20 Amendment of s 358 (When order may be issued) 9
(1) Section 358(b), `an environmental management program'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a transitional environmental program'. 12
(2) Section 358(d))-- 13
insert-- 14
`(ix) a regulation.'. 15
Clause 21 Amendment of s 430 (Contravention of condition of 16
environmental authority) 17
(1) Section 430(2), penalty, paragraph (a) and (3), penalty, 18
paragraph (a), from `a non-code' to `chapter 5'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an environmental authority (mining activities)'. 21
(2) Section 430(2), penalty, paragraph (b) and (3), penalty, 22
paragraph (b), from `a code' to `chapter 4A'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`an environmental authority (mining activities)'. 25
Clause 22 Amendment of s 441 (Offences of contravention of 26
environmental protection policies) 27
(1) Section 441, heading, `policies'-- 28
s 23 15 s 24
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omit, insert-- 1
`policy or regulation'. 2
(2) Section 441(1) and (2), `an environmental protection 3
policy'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a provision of an environmental protection policy or a 6
regulation'. 7
(3) Section 441(3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(3) For subsections (1) and (2), contravention of a provision of an 10
environmental protection policy or a regulation is a class 1, 2 11
or 3 environmental offence only if the policy or regulation 12
declares contravention of the provision to be an offence of 13
that class.'. 14
Clause 23 Amendment of s 442 (Offence of releasing prescribed 15
contaminant) 16
(1) Section 442(1), definition prescribed contaminant, after 17
`policy'-- 18
insert-- 19
`or a regulation'. 20
(2) Section 442(1) and (2)-- 21
relocate and renumber as section 442(2) and (1). 22
Clause 24 Amendment of s 498 (Notice of defence) 23
Section 498-- 24
insert-- 25
`(2) If the person has not given the written notice under subsection 26
(1), the court may, on the application of the prosecution, make 27
either or both of the following orders-- 28
(a) an order to adjourn the hearing; 29
s 25 16 s 26
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(b) an order that the person pay the prosecution the costs 1
incurred by the prosecution because of the application 2
for the adjournment.'. 3
Clause 25 Amendment of s 503 (Recovery of costs of investigation) 4
(1) Section 503(1)(b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(b) the court finds the prosecution has reasonably incurred 7
costs and expenses in investigating the offence; and'. 8
(2) Section 503(1)(c) and (2), `administering authority'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`prosecution'. 11
(3) Section 503-- 12
insert-- 13
`(1A) Without limiting subsection (1)(b), costs and expenses in 14
investigating the offence may include costs and expenses of 15
taking any sample or conducting any inspection, test, 16
measurement or analysis during the investigation.'. 17
(4) Section 503(2), `the authority'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`the prosecution'. 20
(5) Section 503(1A) to (3)-- 21
renumber as section 503(2) to (4). 22
Clause 26 Amendment of s 514 (Devolution of powers) 23
(1) Section 514(6), `lower, but not a higher, fee'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`different fee, whether higher or lower,'. 26
(2) Section 514-- 27
insert-- 28
s 27 17 s 29
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`(6A) Despite subsection (5)(b), a local government may make a 1
local law, for carrying out or giving effect to the devolved 2
matter, that is inconsistent with a regulation if the local law 3
imposes requirements in relation to environmental nuisance.'. 4
Clause 27 Amendment of s 520 (Dissatisfied person) 5
(1) Section 520(1)(h)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 520(1)(i) to (t)-- 8
renumber as section 520(1)(h) to (s). 9
Clause 28 Amendment of s 551 (Definitions for pt 2) 10
(1) Section 551, definition applicant, `an EMP'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`a TEP'. 13
(2) Section 551, definition EMP submission-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`TEP submission means a submission for approval of, or an 16
approval of an amendment to, a transitional environmental 17
program.'. 18
Clause 29 Amendment of s 580 (Regulation-making power) 19
(1) Section 580(2), `A regulation may'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation may'. 22
(2) Section 580(2)-- 23
insert-- 24
`(u) a matter relating to an environmental value, other than a 25
matter mentioned in this Act, that must be considered to 26
decide an application relating to an activity that 27
adversely affects, or may adversely affect, the 28
environmental value; 29
s 30 18 s 30
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(v) protecting an environmental value by requirements for 1
labelling particular products.'. 2
Clause 30 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 7, div 4 3
Chapter 13, part 7-- 4
insert-- 5
`Division 4 Provisions inserted under 6
Environmental Protection and Other 7
Legislation Amendment Act 2007 8
`641A Definition for div 4 9
`In this division-- 10
commencement means the commencement of the 11
Environmental Protection and Other Legislation Amendment 12
Act 2004, part 3. 13
`641B Non-standard environmental authority taken to be 14
environmental authority for level 1 mining project 15
`(1) This section applies to a non-standard environmental authority 16
(mining activities) that was in force under the Act 17
immediately before the commencement and has remained in 18
force since the commencement. 19
`(2) The authority is taken to be an environmental authority 20
(mining activities) for a level 1 mining project. 21
`641C Standard environmental authority taken to be 22
environmental authority for level 2 mining project 23
`(1) This section applies to a standard environmental authority 24
(mining activities) that was in force under the Act 25
immediately before the commencement and has remained in 26
force since the commencement. 27
`(2) The authority is taken to be an environmental authority 28
(mining activities) for a level 2 mining project.'. 29
s 31 19 s 32
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Clause 31 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 9 1
Chapter 13-- 2
insert-- 3
`Part 9 Transitional provisions for 4
Environmental Protection and 5
Other Legislation Amendment 6
Act 2007 7
`644 References to environmental management programs 8
or draft programs 9
`(1) A reference to an environmental management program in an 10
Act or document is taken, if the context permits, to be a 11
reference to a transitional environmental program. 12
`(2) A reference to a draft environmental management program in 13
an Act or document is taken, if the context permits, to be a 14
reference to a draft transitional environmental program.'. 15
Clause 32 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 16
(1) Schedule 3, definitions EMP submission, environmental 17
management program, EPP requirement, standard 18
environmental authority (mining activities)-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Schedule 3-- 21
insert-- 22
`continuing chapter 4 activity means a chapter 4 activity-- 23
(a) that is carried out by a registered operator who proposes 24
to dispose of the operator's business to someone else 25
(the proposed buyer); and 26
(b) for which the proposed buyer applies for a registration 27
certificate. 28
regulatory requirement means a requirement under an 29
environmental protection policy or a regulation for the 30
administering authority to-- 31
s 33 20 s 33
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(a) grant or refuse to grant, or follow stated procedures for 1
evaluating, any of the following applications-- 2
(i) an application under chapter 4; 3
(ii) an environmental authority application; 4
(iii) an application for approval of a transitional 5
environmental program; or 6
(b) impose, change or cancel a condition on a development 7
approval for a chapter 4 activity, an environmental 8
authority or an approval of a transitional environmental 9
program; or 10
(c) consider a matter for issuing an environmental 11
protection order. 12
TEP submission, for chapter 12, part 2, see section 551. 13
transitional environmental program means a transitional 14
environmental program approved under chapter 7, part 3.'. 15
(3) Schedule 3, definition environmental requirement, paragraph 16
(b) and definition standard criteria, paragraph (g)(ii), `an 17
environmental management program'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a transitional environmental program'. 20
(4) Schedule 3, definition residual risks, `a proposed certified 21
rehabilitated area for'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`an area within'. 24
Part 4 Amendment of Nature 25
Conservation Act 1992 26
Clause 33 Act amended in pt 4 27
This part amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 28
s 34 21 s 35
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Clause 34 Amendment of s 65 (Effect in change of class of 1
protected area) 2
Section 65(1), from `class--'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`class, the later dedication or declaration revokes the earlier 5
dedication or declaration of the area or the part of the area to 6
which the dedication or declaration relates.'. 7
Clause 35 Insertion of new s 88C 8
After section 88B-- 9
insert-- 10
`88C Restrictions relating to flying-foxes and flying-fox 11
roosts 12
`(1) A person must not destroy a flying-fox roost unless the person 13
is an authorised person or the destruction is authorised under 14
this Act. 15
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units or 1 year's 16
imprisonment. 17
`(2) A person must not drive away, or attempt to drive away, a 18
flying-fox from a flying-fox roost unless the person is an 19
authorised person or the driving away is authorised under this 20
Act. 21
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units or 1 year's 22
imprisonment. 23
`(3) A person must not disturb a flying fox in a flying-fox roost 24
unless the person is an authorised person or the disturbance is 25
authorised under this Act. 26
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 27
`(4) This section does not apply if the flying-fox roost is in a 28
protected area. 29
Note-- 30
For interfering with natural resources in protected areas, see section 62 31
(Restriction on taking etc. of cultural and natural resources of protected 32
areas). 33
s 36 22 s 36
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`(5) Also, this section does not apply for an Aborigine or Torres 1
Strait Islander taking, using or keeping a flying-fox under 2
section 93. 3
`(6) In this section-- 4
breeding includes gestating. 5
drive away, a flying-fox from a flying-fox roost, means-- 6
(a) cause the flying-fox to move away from the roost; or 7
(b) if the flying-fox has moved away from the roost, deter 8
the flying-fox from returning to the roost. 9
Examples of ways of driving away a flying-fox-- 10
using sound, light, smoke, electric current or chemicals 11
flying-fox means a protected animal of the genus Pteropus. 12
flying-fox roost means a tree or other place where 13
flying-foxes congregate from time to time for breeding or 14
rearing their young.'. 15
Clause 36 Amendment of s 89 (Restriction on taking etc. particular 16
protected plants) 17
(1) Section 89(1), after `protected plant'-- 18
insert-- 19
`that is in the wild'. 20
(2) Section 89(1), penalty, and (4), penalty-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Maximum penalty-- 23
(a) for a class 1 offence--3000 penalty units or 2 years 24
imprisonment; or 25
(b) for a class 2 offence--1000 penalty units or 1 year's 26
imprisonment; or 27
(c) for a class 3 offence--225 penalty units; or 28
(d) for a class 4 offence--165 penalty units.'. 29
(3) Section 89(5)-- 30
s 37 23 s 37
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omit, insert-- 1
`(5) In this section-- 2
class 1 offence means an offence against this section that 3
involves-- 4
(a) 1 or more plants that are extinct in the wild or 5
endangered wildlife; or 6
(b) 5 or more plants that are vulnerable or near threatened 7
wildlife; or 8
(c) 10 or more plants that are rare wildlife. 9
class 2 offence means an offence against this section that is 10
not a class 1 offence and involves-- 11
(a) 3 or 4 plants that are vulnerable or near threatened 12
wildlife; or 13
(b) 4 or more, but no more than 9, plants that are rare 14
wildlife. 15
class 3 offence means an offence against this section that is 16
not a class 1 or class 2 offence and involves-- 17
(a) 1 or 2 plants that are vulnerable or near threatened 18
wildlife; or 19
(b) 2 or 3 plants that are rare wildlife. 20
class 4 offence means an offence against this section other 21
than a class 1, 2 or 3 offence.'. 22
Clause 37 Amendment of s 90 (Restriction on using particular 23
protected plants) 24
(1) Section 90, from `plant' to `wildlife'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`plant,'. 27
(2) Section 90, penalty-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
`Maximum penalty-- 30
(a) for a class 1 offence--1000 penalty units; or 31
s 38 24 s 38
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(b) for a class 2 offence--165 penalty units.'. 1
(3) Section 90-- 2
insert-- 3
`(2) In this section-- 4
class 1 offence means an offence against this section that 5
involves 1 or more plants that are threatened, rare or near 6
threatened wildlife. 7
class 2 offence means an offence against this section other 8
than a class 1 offence.'. 9
Clause 38 Amendment of s 111 (Management plans) 10
(1) Section 111(2) to (4)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(2) However, the Minister is not required to prepare a 13
management plan for the area (the newly dedicated protected 14
area) if-- 15
(a) the area is dedicated or declared as a protected area in 16
connection with any of the following changes to a 17
protected area (an existing protected area) for which a 18
management plan (an existing management plan) is in 19
force-- 20
(i) renaming the existing protected area; 21
(ii) changing the class of the existing protected area; 22
(iii) adding an area to the existing protected area; 23
(iv) removing an area from the existing protected area; 24
(v) amalgamating the existing protected area with 25
another protected area; 26
(vi) dividing the existing protected area into 2 or more 27
separate protected areas; and 28
(b) either of the following apply-- 29
(i) the regulation dedicating or declaring the newly 30
dedicated protected area declares that the existing 31
s 39 25 s 41
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management plan applies to the newly dedicated 1
protected area; 2
(ii) the Minister amends the existing management plan 3
to apply to the newly dedicated protected area.'. 4
(2) Section 111(6), from `with' to `regulation'-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 39 Amendment of s 124 (Amendment of plans) 7
(1) Section 124, heading, `Amendment'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Approval of amendment'. 10
(2) Section 124(1), `amend'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`approve an amendment of'. 13
Clause 40 Amendment of s 164 (Indictable and summary offences) 14
Section 164(3), after `88'-- 15
insert-- 16
`or 89'. 17
Clause 41 Insertion of new s 173R 18
Part 11-- 19
insert-- 20
`173R Provision for stock grazing in particular national parks 21
`(1) This section applies if-- 22
(a) before 3 June 2006, an SEQFA forest reserve was 23
dedicated as a conservation park; and 24
(b) a stock grazing permit under this Act (the NCA permit) 25
is in force for the conservation park; and 26
(c) the conservation park is dedicated as a national park. 27
s 42 26 s 42
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`(2) On the dedication of the national park-- 1
(a) the NCA permit ends; and 2
(b) subject to subsection (3), the chief executive is taken to 3
have granted the holder of the NCA permit a previous 4
use authority under section 36. 5
`(3) The previous use authority is taken to-- 6
(a) allow the use of the land, as provided for under the NCA 7
permit, to continue until the end of the term stated in the 8
permit; and 9
(b) require its grantee to continue to comply with all 10
conditions of the NCA permit as if-- 11
(i) the NCA permit had continued in force; and 12
(ii) the land were land in a conservation park. 13
`(4) This section-- 14
(a) applies despite sections 15 and 34(2); but 15
(b) does not limit section 35. 16
`(5) In this section-- 17
SEQFA forest reserve means a forest reserve the dedication 18
of which was in force immediately before 18 November 2005. 19
Clause 42 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 20
Schedule, definition `World Heritage Convention', from `set 21
out'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`set out in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and 24
Management Act 1993, schedule 2.'. 25
s 43 27 s 46
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Part 5 Amendment of Recreation 1
Areas Management Act 2006 2
Clause 43 Act amended in pt 5 3
This part amends the Recreation Areas Management Act 4
2006. 5
Clause 44 Amendment of s 45 (How to obtain a group activity 6
permit) 7
Section 45(2), `permit fee'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`application fee'. 10
Clause 45 Amendment of s 252 (Amendment of Mineral Resources 11
Act 1989) 12
Section 252, ` `2005' '-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
` `2006' '. 15
Clause 46 Replacement of s 253 (Amendment of Police Powers and 16
Responsibilities Act 2000) 17
Section 253-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`253 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities 20
Act 2000 21
`The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, sections 22
125(e) and 138(e), `Recreation Areas Management Act 23
1988'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`Recreation Areas Management Act 2006'.'. 26
s 47 28 s 49
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Part 6 Amendment of Wet Tropics 1
World Heritage Protection and 2
Management Act 1993 3
Clause 47 Act amended in pt 6 4
This part amends the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection 5
and Management Act 1993. 6
Clause 48 Amendment of s 85 (Regulations) 7
(1) Section 85(2)-- 8
insert-- 9
`(la) reconfiguring a lot in the wet tropics area;'. 10
(2) Section 85(2)(la) and (m)-- 11
renumber as section 85(2)(m) and (n). 12
Clause 49 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 13
Schedule 3-- 14
insert-- 15
`reconfiguring a lot see the Integrated Planning Act 1997, 16
section 1.3.5(1).'. 17
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Schedule Minor and consequential 1
amendments of Environmental 2
Protection Act 1994 3
section 6 4
1 Sections 73A(1)(a), 73O(6)(a), 97(a), 113(a), 145B(1)(a), 5
170(4)(a), 176(2)(a), 192(a), 193(3)(a), 206(a), 210(3)(a), 6
223(b), 257(2)(a), 266K(1)(a) and 278(1)(a), `EPP'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`regulatory'. 9
2 Sections 73B(2), 98(2)(a) and 114(2)(a), `an EPP'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a regulatory'. 12
3 Sections 73B(3)(a)(iv), 98(3)(a)(iv), 114(3)(a)(iv), 13
145B(2)(c), 278(2)(c), 305(2)(a)(iv), 320(2)(b), 321(b), 14
326(2)(a), 333(2), 338(1)(a), 342(1), 343, 344(1), 345, 347(1), 15
348, 349, 350(2)(c), 353(2)(a), 354, 356(2)(e), 358(b), 364(1) 16
and (2)(a), 365(1), 366(1)(c), 367(1)(a), 432(1) and (2), 17
433(1), 436(1)(b), 520(1)(g) and (2)(c), and 551, definition 18
EMP submission, `an environmental management 19
program'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a transitional environmental program'. 22
4 Section 186(2), `subdivision 3'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`this part'. 25
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Schedule (continued)
5 Sections 73O(6)(b)(iv), 364(1)(a) and (5), 367(1)(c) and 1
458(1) and (2)(c), `environmental management program'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`transitional environmental program'. 4
6 Chapter 7, part 3 heading, `Environmental management 5
programs'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Transitional environmental programs'. 8
7 Chapter 7, part 3, division 2 heading, `environmental 9
management programs'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`transitional environmental programs'. 12
8 Chapter 7, part 3, division 3 heading, `environmental 13
management programs'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`transitional environmental programs'. 16
9 Chapter 7, part 4 heading, `environmental management 17
programs'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`transitional environmental programs'. 20
10 Section 330, heading, `an environmental management 21
program'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`a transitional environmental program'. 24
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Schedule (continued)
11 Sections 330 and 331, `An environmental management 1
program'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`A transitional environmental program'. 4
12 Sections 332(1) and (2), 333(1) and (3), 334, 335(1), 336(1), 5
337(1), 339(1)(a), 340(1), 344(2), 352(1)(b), 353(2)(b) and 6
(c), `draft environmental management program'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`draft transitional environmental program'. 9
13 Section 365, heading, `environmental management 10
program'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`transitional environmental program'. 13
14 Chapter 8, part 2, division 2 heading, `Environmental 14
management programs'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Transitional environmental programs'. 17
15 Section 540(1)(j)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(j) transitional environmental programs;'. 20
16 Section 552, heading, `EMP'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`TEP'. 23
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Schedule (continued)
17 Sections 552(1)(b) and 555(1)(b), `an EMP'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`a TEP'. 3
18 Sections 556(1) and (5) and 557(1)(a), `EMP'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`TEP'. 6
19 Schedule 1, part 2, division 5, entries for sections 332(1) 7
or (2), 337(1) or 344, 340 and 353(3)(a), `environmental 8
management program'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`transitional environmental program'. 11
20 Schedule 1, part 2, division 5, entry for section 339(3), `an 12
environmental management program'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`a transitional environmental program'. 15
21 Schedule 1, part 2, division 7, entries for sections 555(2) 16
and 556(1)(a), `EMP'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`TEP'. 19
© State of Queensland 2007
AMENDMENTS TO BILL
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Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
Amendment agreed to
1 Long title--
`Environment and Multiculturalism'--
omit, insert--
`Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation'.
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